Bangladesh houses 16.5 million farmer families

File photo of farmers reaping paddy in a field in Moulvibazar Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka Tribune

The number of agricultural labour is a little over nine million

A National Agricultural Census report has said Bangladesh is currently home to 16.5 million farmer families.

The report was unveiled at a program organized by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) at the BBS auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday.

The report also highlighted the fact that there over four million landless farmers, with near 6.8 million farmers cultivating other people's land.

The number of agricultural labour is a little over nine million, the report continued.National Agricultural Census report was unveiled at a program organized by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) at the BBS auditorium in Dhaka on Sunday, October 27, 2019 |Dhaka Tribune